The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1887-06-11
MONTANA NEWS.

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MONTANA NEWS.
o Butte is endeavoring to organize
: board of trade.
It is reported that forged bonds of Je
ferson county are afoat in the east.
The free delivery system is to be e,
tended to Helena on and after July 1st
The output of the Drum Lummon fe
May was $195,00O, of which over five
eights was IN gold.
A German named Herman Steinnes, y
years of age, committed suicide in Hele
ma last Saturday by shooting himself i
the breast with a revolver.
John H. Geiger, ranchman near Mou
tana City had seven head of horses kille'
last week by being run into by an engin
on the Helena s. Jefferson county rail
road.
Smith Bros, of the South Fork of th'
Musselshell, have lately caused the arres
of William Thomas, David r. jackson
Birdie Jackson and Eugene Wells, charg
ing them with stealing 800 sheep.
A large party of Sioux Indians left the
Rosebud agency to visit the Crows this
week, and Agent Williamson of the latter
tribe applied by telegraph to the de-
partment at Washington for authority to
intercept them.
A lumor has gained wide circulation
that Rev. G. C. Frost, formerly pastor OF
the Baptist church and recently part
owner and cashier of the Hope mine in
Butte, is a defaulter for a large sum.
Frost is now in the east.
Wednesday night little two-year- old
daughter of Henry Behrens, who lives on
Ten Mile creek, in Lewis and Clarke
county, fell into that stream and was
drowned. Her body was recovered
within an Eour after she fell into the
water.
The latest advices from the Manitoba
are that the end of track was to have
reached Fort Buford last Tuesday. Fort
Buford is in Dakota, very near the Mon
tana line, and few more days will see
the iron advancing over the prairie land
of our own territory.
The Utah & Northern east bound pas
seger train which left Butte Saturday at
7:1O p. m., ran into band of cattle one
mile east of Woodin station, ditching the
engine, baggage and express, smoking
car and mail car. Engineer J. W. Else,
we'll known in Butte, and his fireman.
were badly scalded. None of the pas
sengers were injured.
Louis Byor, well-to-do ranchman liv-
ing four miles below Silver Bow, and
Thos. Bacard, hired man, have been ar
rested on charge OF attempting to wreck
the trains on the Utah & Northern rail-
way. The only reason alleged for the
crime is that some time ago bull and
horse, the property of Byor, were killed
by trains, and suit for their value is now
pending.
Dillon Examiner: While the section
men were gong down Feely hill on their
return from work, the hand car broke
down, throwing the men in all directions.
Henry Norris had his skull fractured, his
left wrist broken and was otherwise in
jured, probably fatally, and two other
men were hurt, but not seriously. Nor
ris was taken to Ogden by last nights
train, by DR.. Murray of Butte. He has a
wife and family.
Townsend Tranchant: Mr. Alex Nc
Kenzie, while on visit last week to his
sheep ranch near Avon, Deer Lodge
county, secured a portion of jaw bone
Of an animal larger by far than anything
known to exist IN this country. The
teeth and bone are petrifed and heavy as
stone, and are undoubtedly from the head
of a mastodon. The Smithsonian Inst1-
tute should secure this specimen if Mr..
Nc Kenzie will part with it.
Billings Gazette: First impressions
are not always safe. A free copy of the
Gallatin County Welfare came to the
office of the Gazette, and We thought in
reading the first line of the paper, "Give
US CALL" followed by "We keep good
beer" etc, etc., we were invited to a
free lunch; but on looking further we
found we had copy of the temperance
paper, conducted by committee and de-
voted to the interests of temperance.
Marshall Reed of Helena, and twelve
assistants, last Saturday went the rounds
If Bridge, Wood, Water and Clore streets,
N that city and caused the arrest of 100
lemi-mondes upon charge of either
keeping or being inmates of houses of
prostitution, the arrest being made for
violation of the ordinance passed last
prohibiting the maintaining of